Watford are back in action at home to Leicester in Saturday’s early kick-off.
Watford boss Nigel Pearson has actually loaded appreciation on Marcus Rashford after his totally free school meals campaign and questioned health secretary Matt Hancock‘s jibe at the “easy target” of Premier League footballers.
Having openly questioned the management abilities of Prime Minister Boris Johnson previously in the coronavirus pandemic, Pearson turned his attention to Hancock.
With Premier League football returning on Wednesday night– and Watford back in action at home to Leicester in Saturday’s early kick-off– Pearson no doubt has his mind set on keeping the Hornets in the top-flight.
However, speaking ahead of the game against his former club, he spoke up after Hancock had actually formerly contacted Premier League players to take a pay-cut during the global break out.
Hancock likewise described Marcus Rashford as ‘Daniel’ in the consequences of the Manchester United and England striker’s campaign which saw the federal government make a U-turn and offer totally free school meals during the conventional summer vacation duration.
I do not even understand what to say.Just take a look at what we can do when we come together, THIS is England in 2020.
— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) June 16, 2020
“Whenever decisions need to be made in difficult situations it’s very easy to be critical of people who are in positions where they have to make decisions,” Pearson stated.
” The basic response to that exists has actually been a fair bit of confusion. I do not think that would be unreasonable to state that. There are concerns of timing, of whether we made interventions fast enough.
” It’s not for me to add to, that will go on at greater levels than definitely my own viewpoints. I do not like a few of the things that … I didn’t like Hancock’s dig at the players. I believed that was bad.
“Yes, there have been mistakes made but I don’t think now is the time for me to really say much more than that. But if you are in a position of authority and leadership you need to show it.”
Asked particularly about Rashford’s effect and after jokingly calling the forward ‘Daniel’– Pearson was full of appreciation for the 22- year-old.
“In my experience, players are easy targets sometimes and I think there has been lots of very, very good work done behind the scenes,” he added.
When Watford host Leicester on Saturday,
There will be no fans present. (Bradley Collyer/PA)
” I do not think Marcus Rashford has actually done anything to promote himself. He’s simply a very, very decent young man and it appears to be an embarassment that it takes someone in his position to really assist in something like what has actually occurred.
” The very fact we are speaking about an official death toll approaching towards 45,000 and the real death toll might be 55,000 plus, we are speaking about a situation that goes way beyond sport. And way beyond person’s political sensations.
“There are a lot more positive things out there from how people deal with each other than I’ve seen negatives. It’s in our nature to have a thirst for negative news reporting, but there are a lot of good stories out there, how people have taken care of each other.”
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